Coyle prepared to let Basham go

09 August 2010 10:30

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Bolton manager Owen Coyle has indicated that he may allow Chris Basham to leave the club if the price is right.
Basham, who can play in midfield or defence, was the subject of a bid from Blackpool boss Ian Holloway on Friday, which Wanderers rejected.
Coyle would ideally like to retain the 22-year-old, but acknowledges it might be in Basham's best interests to move on in order to improve his chances of playing first-team football.
"Olly (Holloway) rang me on Friday and informed me he was interested," Coyle told the Bolton News. "I said I didn't want to lose him because he's a young player that we've got high hopes for at this football club.
"But I can totally accept that young Bash wants to play. He probably feels the competition is fierce in the midfield and he maybe thinks he's down the pecking order a little bit.
"What I said was that if Blackpool put forward a bid that we thought was fair, then we would allow permission for them to speak to him, on the basis on being fair to the kid."